Critical Thinking Skills Training (AA-Critical-Thinking)

This course provides you with tips, techniques, and thought exercises that help to develop critical thinking skills. It's not about criticizing others- it's about understanding the problem, evaluating the evidence, and making logical and thoughtful decisions. Itís a skill that can help your organization find smart solutions to tricky problems, avoid emotional thinking and mistakes, and work together more efficiently.

Lesson 1: Understanding Critical vs. Noncritical Thinking

• The Case for Critical Thinking
• Recognize Deceptive Reasoning
• Detect Emotional Manipulation
• Styles of Noncritical Thinking
• Critical Thinking Styles
• Become a Critical Thinker
• Part Summary

Lesson 2: Recognizing and Evaluating Arguments

• Define Arguments
• Step 1: Pinpoint Issues
• Step 2: Identify Arguments
• Step 3: Seek Clarity
• Step 4: Understand Context
• Step 5: Find Credibility
• Step 6: Look for Consistency
• Step 7: Judge Arguments
• Present Ideas Powerfully
• Part Summary

Lesson 3: Developing and Evaluating Explanations

• Explanations vs. Arguments
• Formulate Explanations
• Element 1: Gather Information
• Element 2: Process Information
• Element 3: Develop Hypotheses
• Element 4: Test Hypotheses
• Ask Discovery Questions
• Challenge Assumptions

• Define critical thinking
• Identify and adopt the characteristics of critical thinking
• Recognize and avoid critical thinking mistakes
• Identify assumptions
• Evaluate information accurately and thoroughly
• Distinguish between fact and opinion
• Implement the critical thinking process in business situations

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Business professionals who want to enhance their thinking processes to achieve better results in business.